HAIRSPLITTER


Meaning of HAIRSPLITTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈher-ˌspli-tər ]

noun

Date: 1849

: one that makes excessively fine distinctions in reasoning

• hair·split·ting -ˌspli-tiŋ adjective or noun

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